Blogs about Theatre

Four years ago this production was supposed to happen – the pandemic happened instead. On the occasion of Alan Ayckbourn’s 85th birthday, however, I thought it was high time that I reshared my thoughts about …

Yesterday I went to the Barons Court Theatre and saw Jean-Luc Lagarce’s I Was in the House and I Was Waiting for the Rain to Come, which is staged as part of this venue’s ambitious …

This Dickens classic is an annual treat, or a Christmas trial — depending on your point of view. At the Old Vic, it was adapted by Jack Thorne in 2017, and like the holly and …

★★★★☆ Spectral Napier University Craiglockhart: Thu 21 – Sun 24 Nov 2024Review by Rebecca Mahar Up-and-coming local amateur company The Forth Act has boldly taken on one of Noël Cowards best-known and oft-produced plays with …

Click to buy the book'My spoken material is about the facts of life,' I was explaining to the Mother Superior. 'I've been asking people what they were told, how they were told it and did …

While the original ‘story’ has been in the headlines for some time, the Horizon Post Office Scandal caught the public’s imagination following the televised drama on British TV (Mr Bates vs The Post Office) in …

Review from: Imperial Theatre, New York; 8th October 2024 Based on Sara Gruen’s novel of the same name, the musical[…] The post ‘Water for Elephants’, book by Rick Elice, Music and Lyrics by PigPen Theatre …

The Almeida Theatre’s Angry and Young season has been one of the highlights of the year with a repertory and rather revelatory run of Look Back in Anger and Roots. To that, the venue now …

With panto preparations in progress across the country, Dick Whittington is making his annual trip to London to seek his fortune. This year, Dick finds himself in Greenwich Theatre, where panto veteran Anthony Spargo is …

UK pop band Steps are delighted to announce that their official musical HERE & NOW, which has been wowing audiences in Birmingham for the last few weeks, will have its Scottish premiere at the King’s …

Oscar Gough & Ellie Spooner in the Welkin © Craig Fuller Lucy Kirkwood’s The Welkin quickly established itself as one of the great plays of the 21st century. Touching upon classic cornerstones Twelve Angry Men …

It’s that time of year again! Panto time is upon us and this year, I’m catching five of them. Who: Written by Sonia Jalaly, directed by Nicholai La Barrie Where and when: Lyric Hammersmith, to …

Decadently thrillifying in every possible regard, eagerly awaited movie Wicked: Part One faithfully serves the stage musical’s legion fans while ingeniously expanding its universe with dazzling creativity. Many a stage-to-screen movie musical has been thwarted …

The VitalsRelease date: 7 June 2004UK chart peak: #1Running time: 46:42Singles: Mr Brightside (#10), Somebody Told Me (#3), All These Things That I’ve Done (#18), Smile Like You Mean It (#11) Now considered as one …

Kerry Ellis will star in the long-awaited UK premiere of the Tony-nominated If/Then early next year. Created by the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning team behind the hit rock musical Next to Normal – Tom …

In 1983 Roald Dahl reviewed Tony Clifton’s picture book God Cried about the 1982 Lebanon War. In the review Dahl says of the Israelis “Never before in the history of man has a race of …

After being very disappointing in 2023, Hampstead Theatre has been getting back into my good books this year, and a strong autumn season continues with King James. Hot on the heels of the Guards at …

by Zahid Fayyaz The straight-talking Josephine Lacey’s debut stand-up hour is fresh from this year’s Edinburgh Fringe. The new grandmother from London, focuses on the subject of her raising her son, with him having Autism …

'This is dreadful,' the old man sat next to me said rudely during Oedipus at the Wyndhams Theatre. I vigorously ignored him. It wasn't dreadful, far from it. In fact, I was gripped by Robert …

Like so many, I’ve been enchanted by Wicked since I was young. The musical shaped my childhood, inspired my imagination, and stayed with me through every stage of life (my dog is literally called Elphie!) …